Since July 2009, the SPOT project has combined a number of strategies (testing services in close proximity to a residential area; free, anonymous, and rapid HIV testing; individualized preventive counseling) in an original way at an innovative community site located in the heart of Montreal's Gay Village. In the first phase of the study, standard counseling (SC) based on Quebec guidelines for rapid HIV testing was used. During the second, counseling based on a motivational interviewing approach (MIC) was developed and has been provided to participants since May 2011.